Fishing near Franklin in Franklin County, VT

4 Rating based on 1 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 14
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 8
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Lake Champlain near Franklin

Lake Champlain

Take right turn before bridge
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Bite Me bait Co near Franklin

Bite Me bait Co

Mar-e says goodby till next time
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Mar-e's first pike near Franklin

Mar-e's first pike

A beauty
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Top Fishing Spots near Franklin

Lake Carmi
Lake Carmi

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Black Creek
Black Creek

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Pike River
Pike River

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Fairfield Pond
Fairfield Pond

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Missisquoi River
Missisquoi River

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# Reviews:
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Trout River
Trout River

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Franklin Area Fish Species

Recent Franklin Fishing Reports

champlain weekend Fishing Report Sep 15, 2012

champlain weekend

lake champlain VT -

amazing weekend out on champlain...

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ice fishing champlain Fishing Report Feb 25, 2013

ice fishing champlain

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spent a weekend on champlain and we slammmed the northern and a few nice biggest bass was almost 6lbs and the biggest pike was pushin 40. caught em on...

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Pike Ice Fishing Lake Champlain Fishing Report May 27, 2009

Pike Ice Fishing Lake Champlain

Swanton, VT -

First trip pike fishing...

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7/26/13-7/28/13 - Avid Anglers @ Lake Champlain (St. Albans) Fishing Report Jul 31, 2013

7/26/13-7/28/13 - Avid Anglers @ Lake Champlain (St. Albans)

Lake Champlain - St. Albans, VT -

Finally...I can add Champlain to my resume! For 3 days(Friday pre-fishing, and Club Tourneys Saturday and Sunday) I mainly had two goals. 1st was to b...

Avg. Rating: 5
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2nd annual Lake Champlain trip Fishing Report Sep 02, 2012

2nd annual Lake Champlain trip

Lake Champlain, Vermont -

Got to spend 4 days last week fishing out of North Hero Island. Weather didn't cooperate with high winds and thunderstorms but we got a couple go...

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Lake Champlain in June Fishing Report Jun 17, 2013

Lake Champlain in June

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Fishing reports out of Champlain area have not been good due to the large amount of rain and cold water temps. I guess the bass were really confused ...

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Baits and Tackle used near Franklin

Check Prices

  • 4lber on the drop shot
    1-3/4lber on C-rig

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Drop Shot, and Spider Grub
    1st was 2-1/4lbs
    2nd was 2-3/4lbs
    3rd was 1-1/2lbs
    4th was 1lb
  • Half a dozen shorts in the 8" to 11-3/4" range
  • Drop Shot
  • Dropshot
    1st was 3lbs
    2nd was 2-1/2lbs
    3rd was 1lb
    4th was 1-1/4lbs
  • 6 Smallmouth in the 8"-12" range

Minnow Check Prices

  • Large shiners just under the ice in 7-10 feet of water

Saltwater Baits Check Prices

  • 10"-11" range

Craw Check Prices

  • Most fish came dragging a Zoom Speed Craw on a carolina rig in 15-25 feet of water.

Worm Check Prices

  • Senko

Crankbait Check Prices

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • green pumpkin jigs

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • black tandem spinnerbaits

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